Guest guest Posted October 29, 2001 Report Share Posted October 29, 2001 Elizabeth, Can't you suffest having one meal a month be a Meatless pot luck. Call attention to the whole socio-economic factors one days of giving up meat would accomplish. Bring some books to lay around. I guess you'd have to sponsor the first one. Ann --- wrote: > There are 5 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Re: Eating vegan at other people's houses > " Dawn Ressel " <dmressel > 2. Vegan Cookbooks > peacedabear > 3. Re: Vegan Cookbooks > " Brett A. Bradley " > <vegan > 4. Re: Vegan Cookbooks > " Dawn Ressel " <dmressel > 5. Re: Re: Vegan Cookbooks > " Jill & David " <norths > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 1 > Sat, 27 Oct 2001 13:59:40 -0000 > " Dawn Ressel " <dmressel > Re: Eating vegan at other people's houses > > Elizabeth, > > I am really sorry you had to go through this. I can > honestly say I > have never had such downright opposition from > " friends " about my > diet. I have had many ignorant friends whom I had > to educate, but > this seems like she is simply opposed to your > lifestyle. > > My suggestions for a short-term solution would be > this: > > 1. Bring your own meal next time and see how > everyone reacts. Bring > some extras. Offer the extras to the other lay > ministers. My guess > is the people who will try your food are the ones > that will be > supportive of you. Try to stick with them about the > diet issue and > mabye they can convince the others. > > AND > > 2. Offer to cook sidedishes for everyone once in a > while so that the > others can try vegan dishes. They might not even > realize they are > eating vegan dishes until they see you grab some. > Then they might > understand better what you can eat. If they are > really delicious, > they might even be asking for the recipe. > > > Long-term, if you really like these people, you are > going to have to > get them to an understanding point if you continue > to eat with them. > > The woman who you spoke with obviously has a problem > with your > lifestyle. She may *think* that you believe you are > better than they > are. She may think you are judging the others by > what they are > eating. She may also be insecure because deep down > she realizes that > her lifestyle is somehow wrong. These are just > guesses. > > Try to be positive and not let them see this. If > they ask about your > lifestyle, accent the positive. Tell them that you > love all animals > equally, you want to live sustainably, be healthy, > etc. > > If after all this, nothing works, I would get a new > fellowship group. > > Hope this helps, > Dawn > > , " Elizabeth W. " > <elizabeth1204@n...> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I need opinions from some fellow vegans. I am in > a year-long lay > minister program with a non-profit organization. > All of us lay > ministers (there are about 7 or 8 of us) get > together for dinner once > a week at one or the other of the 2 lay minister > houses with each of > the lay ministers taking a turn @ cooking. My > problem is this: they > are all meat eaters and almost everything they serve > (from main > course to side dishes to dessert, etc.) has meat or > dairy in it. . .9 > times out of 10 the main course is meat. For the > past month or so up > until a few weeks ago I just ate whatever side dish > I could (salad, > veggies, etc.). . .the past couple weeks there has > been nothing > served that I could eat so I made a salad out of > some veggies they > had in their fridge. I finally mentioned to one of > the other lay > ministers today that I was going to request at the > next dinner that > from now on whoever is in charge of cooking each > week make a salad so > I would have something to eat. She (the person I > mentioned this to) > responded by saying that was asking too much and I > could make my own > salad when I got there (she said she'd make sure > there was salad > stuff available). I was stunned that she responded > this way - has > anyone else had a similar experience of friends,etc. > who are meat > eaters being so unsupportive of us > vegan/vegetarians? I am skipping > the dinner tonite and am considering dropping it > altogether if this > is going to be the attitude (I am also having a hard > time being > around such heavy-duty meat eating). I'm so glad I > joined this group- > I have yet to meet another vegan in person and > everyone here thinks > I'm crazy. Was I asking too much? I have heard > others on this list > say that their friends will normally provide a dish > for them when > they invite them over to eat. Any feedback would be > greatly > appreciated. . .I am at a loss as to how to handle > this. Thanks!! > > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 2 > Sat, 27 Oct 2001 21:22:32 -0000 > peacedabear > Vegan Cookbooks > > Hey, > > I was just wondering if there are any *good* vegan > cookbooks out > there that's worth buying? I already have: Raw by > Juliano and How it > all Vegan ... LOVE that one. And I checked out the > Voluptuous Vegan > but to be honest I didn't care for that one. > > Thanks! > ) > Dolly > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 3 > Sat, 27 Oct 2001 16:25:11 -0700 > " Brett A. Bradley " <vegan > Re: Vegan Cookbooks > > Vegan Vittles is a good one. I think we've liked > every recipe we've tried in it. > > Brett > - > peacedabear > > Saturday, October 27, 2001 2:22 PM > Vegan Cookbooks > > > Hey, > > I was just wondering if there are any *good* vegan > cookbooks === message truncated === Make a great connection at Personals. http://personals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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